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Colin
10-01-2003, 05:06 PM
Here is some shots I just took of my new canopy design.
http://www.rccanada.ca/albums/album64/abq.jpg
http://www.rccanada.ca/albums/album64/abr.jpg

Colin
aubej
10-01-2003, 05:08 PM
Hey! Where's the RCCanada decals????

:)


Jason
Colin
10-01-2003, 05:36 PM
Nobody gave me any! :wink: ...I see a perfect spot for them too, right under the switch hole where the crease is :lol:

Colin
JASON ABBOTT
10-02-2003, 08:33 AM
nice
JimMcIntyre
10-02-2003, 09:21 AM
Kewl,

I'd be a bit worried about orientation. I flew with my Raptor canopy done similarly and had a few panic moments... that;s why I added more of the stock markings....
ROT*
10-02-2003, 09:40 AM
Here is some shots I just took of my new canopy design.

Colin

Very clean, I love it! :D
Colin
10-02-2003, 11:26 AM
Thanks for the comments! Jim, I thought about that, I have flown all white canopys in thw winter before :shock: :lol: I don't really find it hard to see, but only time will tell, Next time I get out to the LHS I'll get something more colourful though, its a little boreing right now.

Colin

heres what it looked like before.
http://www.rccanada.ca/albums/album64/aac.jpg

I painted it too......*cough* in photoshop *cough*
http://www.rccanada.ca/albums/album64/abt.jpg
JimMcIntyre
10-02-2003, 12:56 PM
I have flown all white canopys in thw winter before :shock:

... or even on a grey hazy day. :?
JASON ABBOTT
10-02-2003, 02:35 PM
????
Colin
10-02-2003, 04:56 PM
Same as it did in the first 2 pictures, problem is paint wont stick to rappy canopies.

Colin
JimMcIntyre
10-03-2003, 07:26 AM
I hear the only way to get eh paint to stay on Rappy canopies is to coat them in thin CA first....
Fodder
10-03-2003, 08:06 AM
Nuker is trying a relatively new paint "Fusion" from Krylon I think that is supposed be very good on bare plastic. Where is the report Bob. :?:
JASON ABBOTT
10-03-2003, 08:39 AM
crylon fusion works good on plastic but isnt however fuel proof....
Colin
10-03-2003, 10:13 AM
Then all you need is a fuel proof clear coat, I thought about painting the canopy but I don't want to have to put up with chipping and scratching.

Colin
Nuker
10-03-2003, 10:17 AM
The Fusion paint stuck just fine without a primer coat but as stated, it sure ain't fuel proof. 15% affected the finish. I have a flexible clear coat for cars but the label says it doesn't like an ingredient that is in Fusion.

I'll try more with my plastic scraps hpoefully this weekend

Bob
ronm
10-03-2003, 10:57 AM
I remember seeing somewhere recently, maybe one of the magazines, a new product that you spray on right before painting to make the paint stick to certain plastics.
Somebody watching this thread will probably know what I'm talking about.


ronm
Nuker
10-03-2003, 11:09 AM
I know that flexible auto primer can be used (normally used for those 'plastic' bumpers we all have now) and it does work; just requires lots of coats of the final paint to cover properly. Could that be what you are referring to?